Woman dies in motorcycle wreck in SE Houston

Published 6:53 am, Monday, January 13, 2014

A woman died in a motorcycle crash Sunday night along Interstate 45 in southeast Houston.

The wreck happened about 8:40 p.m. on the inbound Gulf Freeway frontage near Edgebrook, according to the Houston Police Department.

Police said the woman was a passenger on a Harley-Davidson that was traveling northbound when it slammed into the back of a van.

The van, police said, changed lanes to enter the freeway when the motorcycle, which witnesses said was traveling at a high rate of speed, hit the back of it. The woman died at the scene. The motorcycle driver was injured and was rushed to a nearby hospital in critical condition.

The motorcycle driver and passenger were not wearing helmets, police said.

Police are investigating the crash and so far no charges have been filed in the case.